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“Crossover Point” by Cheryl Barkauskas The angels were falling from the sky. They were beautiful at dawn, when out of darkness they fractured the first cold morning sunbeams into millions of tiny rainbows: crystal pinwheels spinning through the air. But as the sun rose, the light shifted […] Sara Backer Moon Flu
Fear first. Fear sharpens the startle of latches and footsteps behind you.
Hallucinations next. Eyes shut, neon patterns swirl into maps that confuse and attack you. Faint robot motors scream. Spider webs begin to breathe.
Panic follows as your brain cells warp and swell. You’ll […] JD Fox The Argument Box My parents were having another one of their arguments, the kind of argument, that only adults understand. So I excused myself from the table, went to my room and got the box, my last one, and took it into the kitchen and stood on a chair. I grabbed hold of […]
The Hornet’s Sting by Zach Shephard
The black cube hovered silently before him. He brushed it with his fingertips and watched it spin, streaks of yellow light blurring before his eyes like shooting stars sucked into a tornado. Silver and gold figures protruded from the cube in […]
The Toad’s Jewel by Cat Rambo The toad knew there was a […]
Sun, Moon, and Stars by Abe Drayton
“Sun, Moon, and Stars.” Lena wiped rain off her face and skimmed her fingertips over the damp, faded graffiti. She glanced up at the […]
And the Lion said Shibboleth by R.P.L. Johnson “How can you steal from a species that has no concept of possessions?” I asked. The music […]
Beyond the Wild Mountains by Conrad Steenkamp
On the night that the aliens entered Jonno’s life, the men were out […] Peaches in the Breeze
by Siobhan Gallagher
winnowing grain from chaff, Anubis tosses three things aside: weak hearts, souls weighed down with sorrow, my lover who has killed me as surely as she’s stripped the olive tree […] |
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